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What are some reasons for legal warrantless searches and seizures?
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One major reason (or justification) is any immediate threat to public health or safety, such as where a person inside a locked, private room is screaming. The authorities can have the door opened, forcibly if necessary, to determine if there is a violent crime in progress, or a person at risk, and can seize any evidence of crime that is in "plain sight" when they so enter.
Similarly, many police officers will ask for consent before searching a suspicious person or entering private property to investigate a report of a disturbance, thus making most such searches or resulting seizures legal and warrantless. However, there is a fine line of "consent" under duress, and the scope of such consent, both of which can be aired in a hearing on a motion to exclude any seized evidence.
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No searches and seizures without legal warrants?
Protection from the Federal Government :)
Under which category does this Constitutional Amendment fall No searches and seizures without legal warrants?
Protection?
What are examples of legal warrantless searches?
An officer knocks on the door, and when the door is opened he sees prohibited matter. He would be allowed to enter and secure the evidence under the plain view doctrine. If in the course of securing the visible evidence he sees other evidence, that would also be allowed. An officer asks for and is granted permission to search by a person apparently in control of the premise.
Why aren't general searches permissible?
General searches are unconstitutional and never legal. This stems from Marron V. United States (1927). In this case the court required that all warrants will particularly describe the things to be seized; nothing is left to the discretion of the officer executing the warrant. This case makes it impossible for general searches to be legal.
For what reasons do you need a copy of marriage license?
It's a legal document issued by legal authorities authorizing a couple to marry.
What legal concept provides the basis of suspicionless searches when public safety is at issue?
reasonable suspicion
If a regular officer searches your house without a search warrant and then my parole officer show up afterwards is the first officers search legal?
Hmmm. STRICTLY speaking, no, it isn't. But, realistically, since nothing was found (supposedly) you'd probably have a difficult time complaining of it. ALSO: just as an FYI: If he HAD found anything it would not have been admissable against you anyway because it would be "fruits of a poisoned tree" due to the warrantless search.
In Texas is it legal to have a CDL when you have seizures or at one point in time have had a seizure though none recent?
NOWHERE is this legal. CDLs and the corresponding medical requirements are a matter of federal law.
Why prostitution has to be legal?
Health and Safety reasons !
What term is used for a legal document which proposes a series of reasons?
A legal document that lists a series of reasons is called a complaint. A complaint contains a series of reasons of why the judge should find in your favor.
Where can I find information on legal job searches?
There is a wide selection of different online and offline agencies that would be able to assist in finding legal jobs. There is always the possibility of checking local listings found in classified sections of news papers and to go into certain agencies and ask what sort of positions are available in the desired legal field. There are many websites you can use to find information on legal job searches. The two that I would recommend are www.lawjobs.com and www.careers.findlaw.com.
Legal reasons for being barred?
Some common legal reasons for being barred from a place include violating a court order, engaging in criminal activity on the premises, creating a safety risk for others, or trespassing. Each jurisdiction and organization may have their own specific reasons for barring someone.
